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  1. Fired for Yelling at Preceptor!

    nursemoons14 replied to ladylikeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with tencat, I have worked with managers like that before and consider it a good thing it didn't work out. I don't think you want to work in an environment like that anyway. If management will...

  2. Why are RN-RN relations at work 'bad', but MD-RN ones okay?

    nursemoons14 replied to MaleRNsoon2bOMDoc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well I will speak from experience when I say It won't work out lol. especially with the amount of women in nursing, I have noticed over the last couple years that he gossip is just out of hand. Its...

  3. Fibromyalgia

    nursemoons14 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Anyone who doesn't see fibromyalgia pt's on a regular basis. ex. emerg or acute care. HAs no idea the drama that goes a long with "a majority" of these pt's. Others are quick to judge the way we act...

  4. Chest Pain "Addicts"

    nursemoons14 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Well unfortunately here in Canada, our frequent flyers get a nice warm bed to wait in and maybe even a sandwich and drink and pay zero. At the smaller hospital I used tow ork at, the docs would sign...

  5. Fibromyalgia

    nursemoons14 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    "It took me a few years, after first noticing the physical symptoms of my fibromyalgia, to admit I was depressed. I didn't realize I had anxiety until I didn't have it anymore - after I started taking...

  6. Chest Pain "Addicts"

    nursemoons14 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Oh heck yes. I work in southwestern ontario in a cardiac/neurology centre. We have the same regulars that come in, but normally our regular rotating ER physicians know them. Don't start nitro drips or...

  7. Fibromyalgia

    nursemoons14 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Listen, we are not saying that these people aren't feeling pain. All i'm saying is that they need to focus the research, not on pain management, but the source of the pain. aka. mental disorders. Just...

  8. Fibromyalgia

    nursemoons14 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I hate to sound like Im judging them but as soon as I take report on an ambulance and hear "history of fibromyalgia" its almost always associated with depression, manic disorder, or some sort of...

  9. Med/Surg nurse to ED - what to expect?

    nursemoons14 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Thats a great point, time and time again we have RN's from ICU or medicine come and float in the ER and are blown away at the pace and amount of work we do for 12 hours straight. Often enough they...

  10. .... I made another mistake :( Need encouragement.

    nursemoons14 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is Your always gonna have md's or RT's toss orders anywhere, like I said in my previous post, you have to be accountable as well, knowing the state of the pt when you come onto the shift, I...

  11. .... I made another mistake :( Need encouragement.

    nursemoons14 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    This maybe true at the time being, but if you are doing accuchecks odds are the pt is diabetic and they can become very unorientated very fast. My advice is whenever your taking report at shift...

  12. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    nursemoons14 replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    we had a crazy case in our emerg the other day. young 22 year old female with ?DKA, speaking full sentances A&0 x3, pH of 6.79 which is not compatible with life... repeated and 6.75. somehow pt...

  13. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    Well I would hope things have changed since the mid 90s. And I'm an emergency nurse as well and only agree to do emergency nursing. None of this placement on a medicine floor or anything. I will make...

  14. Help, ER getting swamped.

    nursemoons14 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

    do you have medical directives in

  15. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    nursemoons14 replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    thats why we have hte paging system, onc ewe send the fax up. we send a page and they either accept or decline the pt. but thats neither here nor there cause we send them up anyway. Its more safe...

  16. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    nursemoons14 replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    250cc bolus isn't gonna touch that pressure, must have been a stingy resident

  17. Help, ER getting swamped.

    nursemoons14 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in Emergency

    We have had a lot of c hanges recently due to the insane amount of admitted pt.s in the ED. At one point we had 34 of our 35 ED beds filled with admitted pt's. Insane, and not safe. They put a lot of...

  18. Need advice..fast!

    nursemoons14 replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in Emergency

    Ask about whether they provide and support (financially or education days) or have resources to further your knowledge base such as;TNCC,ACLS, ENPC etc. Then ask when your first pay raise will be

  19. I saw something new and scary

    nursemoons14 replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    ahah ya, if you were dehydrated pretty sure you wouldn't be producing enough urine, and if you were it would be very little and very concentrated. Good luck with

  20. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for the advice. I am in Ontario presently so I pretty much just have to fill out a buttload of paperwork and pay a buttload of money. I have asked for a list of hospitals they deal with so I...

  21. Made first med error :( Filled out first OAR.

    nursemoons14 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't let it bug you, Its better that you undermedicated with a drug like fentanyl, personally I don't think in our emerg that would be indicative of a med error. Ive seen new grads give 50 units...

  22. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    nursemoons14 replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    This may be effective in a small rural hospital but I know that in a busy 45 bed Emerg, this is not reality and would be impossible to bring up all pt's to every floor. ICU/Neuro ok, but would be very...

  23. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    nursemoons14 replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    We recently adopted this fax report, and being an ED nurse... I love it. A lot of the floors, and im not saying all, tend to abuse the telephone report giving excuses like "oh that nurse is on break",...

  24. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    I can't find anything on them

  25. trouble triaging

    nursemoons14 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello, I am a new grad of april of 06, started working directly in the ED dept post graduation in a small hospital. I have recently moved to a larger hospital with a lot more serious cases. It is the...